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PAGELAND – Harlan Donnell Melton, a Mt. Croghan man charged with kidnapping his stepdaughter in February, recently pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, and two counts of second-degree assault and battery from an earlier case.

Fourth Circuit Solicitor Will Rogers and Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks announced the plea, which was made July 8 in Chesterfield County General Sessions Court.

At the Tuesday, July 14, Lancaster City Council meeting, Councilwoman Tamara Green Garris said the “record needs to be set straight” that she and three fellow council members did not break the law in their vote to give $10,000 from the city’s general fund to a program affiliated with a religious organization.